Symbol of the symbol type Parameter
(see Symbol Type: Parameter). The report symbol type Parameter
is divided in Customizing into report symbol groups and thereby specified as a placeholder for certain application objects.
Symbols of the symbol type Parameter
are used in report templates as placeholders for data that does not originate from the specification database. If the value does not exist in the relevant location, the symbol is replaced in the report by a blank value.
Default parameter values are determined for parameter symbols through the assignment of determination function modules based on the report symbol groups (see Default Parameter Value Determination).
In multistage report generation, the symbols of the type Parameter are expanded in the transition from a report body to the final report.
In the standard system, there are also symbols of the type Specification and Descriptor. In multistage report generation, the symbols are expanded here at the transition from the report template to the report body.
Examples of symbols of the type Parameter
are:
Material master data, such as material key
Data for the generation variant, such as the rating
Data for the report, such as the date it was created or its version
Sales organization data
Address data for the report recipient
Output of address data on the cover sheet as address block according to the standard address format in the recipient's or sender's country
Data for the label creation, such as sequence numbers as bar code or as text
Data from other SAP components, such as:
Industrial Hygiene and Safety
Waste Management
Occupational Health
Sales and Distribution
Symbols of the type Specification
are placeholders for specification management
data, such as:
Specification header data
Identifiers
Value assignment data, such as:
Characteristic values
User-defined texts
Sources
Note
Symbols for the Recipe Management
component belong for technical reasons to the symbol type Specification
. Symbols of the type Descriptor
are placeholders for phrases, such as chapter headings.